For several days, the children did not dare to go out into the streets, and the streets were full of shouts and cries, and people were beheaded every day at the execution ground, and the blood stains never dried. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Chen Guoxia is under Zhao Wenzheng's strict policy, and everyone is in danger.

Yu Ruyan hated corrupt officials and sympathized with innocent relatives, but she also knew that she couldn't stop it, so many days except for the last court, she was locked up at home to prepare for scientific research.

Chen Guo's triennial examination coincided with this year's meeting, and all the people who participated in the examination were the people of the township examination, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Rites in the capital, and the examination lasted for three days.

The Chen National Examination is divided into three subjects: Jingyi, Policy Questioning, and Poetry. Jingyi, that is, the discussion around the righteousness of the book; Policy questioning, that is, based on the examiner's questions about economic meaning or political affairs, candidates express their opinions and put forward countermeasures; Poetry is a subject for additional examinations, and two essays are made for one poem and one fu.

In this examination, Zhao Wenzheng appointed Yu Ruyan and Xiao Feiqing as ministers of the Imperial Mission, responsible for the main examination of the examination. Yang Chuting is responsible for the security of the examination room.

Xiao Feiqing was born in the orthodox imperial examination, went through all the imperial examinations, and finally served in the imperial court as a tanhua. Although Yu Ruyan is full of poetry and books, as a woman, she cannot participate in the scientific examination, and her official position is also promoted by Emperor Wen.

Therefore, the main preparatory work is still in charge of the Ministry of Rites and Xiao Feiqing, and Yu Ruyan is only responsible for the invigilation and later marking work. Rao is like this, Xiao Feiqing still based on the principle of respect, and asked Yu Ruyan's opinion on the topic of this exam.

Due to the corruption case, Zhao Wenzheng attaches great importance to the selection of talents for this scientific examination, and is very satisfied after reading the examination questions given by Xiao Feiqing, and has already set the topic of this palace examination in his heart.

Two days before the Spring Festival, Zhao Wenzheng called Yu Ruyan to Dongnuan Pavilion alone.

"Bachelor Jade is going to enter the venue of Chunqiu tomorrow, and he won't be able to come out for four days, are you ready?" Zhao Wenzheng asked.

"The minister is ready." Yu Ruyan replied.

Zhao Wenzheng sighed and asked, "Bachelor Yu, do you think that the widow is thirsty for killing?" ”

Yu Ruyan was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Weichen doesn't dare." ”

Zhao Wenzheng smiled bitterly and said: "You don't dare to say that you don't dare, but in fact, you don't think so in your heart." Jade, have you ever wondered why I did this? ”

Yu Ruyan couldn't guess Zhao Wenzheng's thoughts, and she didn't dare to reply, just knelt there.

Zhao Wenzheng sighed: "I know that the court has been bleeding a few days ago, and the people are complaining, and I also know that this corruption case involves 10,000 lives. But Master Jade, if I don't use thunder methods, how can the wind of corruption be suppressed? Since ancient times, corruption has shaken the country's foundation and is a moth that eats away at the country. If the wind of corruption is left unchecked, those corrupt officials will become small and greedy, and big greed will be huge. Let's ask if in the long run, what strength does my Chen Guo still have to gain a foothold in the Central Plains? How many people have the mentality of being an official for thousands of miles just for money, rather than really doing things for the people? My move is too harsh and ruthless, but I want to use this massacre-like anti-corruption operation to tell those who are lucky or unscrupulous that I will not tolerate corruption during my reign! ”

"The courtiers are narrow-sighted and fail to understand the emperor's painstaking efforts." Yu Ruyan said.

Zhao Wenzheng was silent for a while, and said, "I know that you must be a little disappointed in me, but everyone will understand the benefits of my strict governance in the future." It's not too early, you go down, prepare well for this exam, and select good talents for me. ”

Leaving the palace, Yu Ruyan returned home a little tired, and Tang Yunluo had already prepared Yu Ruyan's outfits.

Tang Yunluo walked over with a smile on his face, hugged Yu Ruyan gently, and said, "Ruyan, you have to go for so long this time, I can't even see you." What if I miss you? ”

In front of Tang Yunluo, Yu Ruyan can always feel warm and relaxed.

Yu Ruyan chuckled: "It's just a few days, and it's gone by soon." ”

Tang Yunluo let go of Yu Ruyan and said with some grievances: "Who said that?" Although the exam is only three days, you still have to mark the paper later! This adds up to the front and back, I'm afraid it's been almost a month. ”

Yu Ruyan leaned lightly against Tang Yunluo and said with a smile: "This time, the officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites will also participate in the marking, and I will only participate in the last marking, so the workload is not large, you don't have to worry." But what you said is right, the later grading will have to be selected repeatedly, so there may be more than a month to see each other. ”

"So what to do?" Tang Yunluo hugged Yu Ruyan's arm and gradually strengthened.

Yu Ruyan pressed her forehead against Tang Yunluo's chin and said with a smile: "I will also think about you every day." During this time, I am either at the venue, or in the Hanlin Academy, I may really not be able to see you, or will you go back to Jincheng? ”

Tang Yunluo sighed: "Actually, I also have this intention, if I don't go back, I'm afraid that the eldest sister will expel me from the house." But it doesn't matter, Xiao Bie is newlywed, we will see each other soon. ”

"What nonsense!" Yu Ruyan pushed Tang Yunluo away with some anger, and when she saw his sly smile, she couldn't help but laugh.

The next day, Tang Yunluo reluctantly said goodbye to Yu Ruyan and returned to Jincheng.

As one of the chief examiners of this examination, Yu Ruyan is required to enter the examination room the day before the Spring Festival.

The examinees entered the examination room on their own, and the officers and men divided them into two checkpoints and checked their bags, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones one by one. Once the entrainment author is discovered, he will be sentenced to 40 canes on the spot, and he will not be allowed to take the test again for the rest of his life. If cheating is found in the course of the examination, he will be sentenced to 50 canes on the spot, and the whole family will be assigned to serve in the frontier for ten years, and will not be allowed to take the test again for the rest of his life.

Under such harsh conditions, the thieves also restrained a lot, and from the first day of entering the bar, no entrainment was found during the inspection.

Yang Chuting, as a guard, also knew that Xiao Feiqing had won this errand for himself, and after being demoted one after another, he was able to guard the examination room in the spring, and Yang Chuting was more or less grateful to Xiao Feiqing for his help. At least he didn't sneer at himself when he was in trouble, like some villains who tended to be inflammatory.

Yu Ruyan and Xiao Feiqing, as the chief examiners of this examination, sat at the venue on the first day of admission and met with the people who came to the scientific examination.

This time, Xiao Feiqing led the Ministry of Rites, and Yu Ruyan led the Hanlin Academy, patrolling the east and west directions of the examination room to invigilate the examination. After entering the venue, the lifters will be seated according to the pre-arranged seat number, and after the three-day examination, they will be bound into the book according to the number and the name of their place of origin, so as to facilitate the examiner's marking.

After the candidates entered the examination and sat down, the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy distributed the examination papers, and the subjects of the first day were Jingyi, the second day was Strategy, and the last day was poetry.

After the exam, according to the previous division of labor, Xiao Feiqing and Yu Ruyan led the team respectively to inspect back and forth in the east and west. After this test, the candidates could not leave the examination room, but brought a bed to rest in the arranged room, and ate and lived in the examination room for three days.

In order to avoid collusion between the examiner and the candidate, in the exam on the second day, the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy changed their inspections, that is, today Yu Ruyan inspected the west, and Xiao Feiqing inspected the east. On the last day, Xiao Feiqing simply messed up the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, and changed them to the inspection.

During the inspection process, Yang Chuting also sent people to participate in it, the purpose of which was to once again put an end to the collusion and cheating between the examiner and the candidates. With such an iron bucket-like defense, this imperial examination can be regarded as a "clean" exam.

The three-day Spring Festival exam passed quickly, and in the next two days, Yu Ruyan could take a short rest, and the people from the Ministry of Rites bound the exam papers into a book, and then read them in a unified manner. When classifying and binding, Yang Chuting also led people to inspect and supervise, and Xiao Feiqing's move made Zhao Wenzheng very appreciative.

Just after the Spring Festival, Zhao Wenzheng praised Xiao Feiqing's rigorous approach, and also praised Yu Ruyan and Yang Chuting's strong assistance. Because of the shadow caused by the corruption case in the court, it was gradually dispersed by the breeze of spring.

Yu Ruyan rested at home for two days, wondering if Tang Yunluo had returned to Jincheng. On the evening of the second day, the family of the Tang Gate came to send a letter to Yu Ruyan, saying that Tang Yunluo had returned to the Tang Gate safely, and Yu Ruyan was relieved to prepare for tomorrow's marking work.

On the day of the marking, Yu Ruyan sat in the carriage and suddenly remembered the scientific expedition a few years ago, when Emperor Wen was in power. Emperor Wen has an elegant temperament, is proficient in poetry and literature, and the top three in the examination are all hand-picked by him. After seeing the article submitted by the people below that could be used as the top three, Emperor Chen Wendi pondered it for two days before deciding it. And the articles of the top three are to be posted and announced, and Chen Wendi specially made annotations, sprinkling thousands of words, showing his literary talent.

When they arrived at the place where the papers were read, it was actually Zhao Wenzheng who ordered the Hanlin Academy to vacate a few houses, and everyone was already ready. Yang Chuting is also in charge of the guards for the marking work.

The papers have been sorted and bound, and the marking procedure is relatively complicated, and a total of four rounds of selection and marking have to be carried out before submitting to Zhao Wenzheng. The officials selected by the Ministry of Rites and the best in learning will mark the paper for the first time and make annotation marks on the paper. The scholars of the Hanlin Academy will do the second selection of the papers, and make annotation symbols. Then the officials selected from the other six ministries will do the third selection and make annotation symbols.

The last ones to read the papers were Xiao Feiqing and Yu Ruyan. The two read the examination papers presented one by one, ranked them, and selected the ten best papers to submit to Zhao Wenzheng, who selected and handpicked the top three in the imperial examination. Finally, the palace examination was conducted to determine the final candidate for the top three.

In grading, the annotation cross is not hit, the annotation circle is medium, and the annotation triangle is the person who needs to revise the second paper at his discretion.

Although Xiao Feiqing and Yu Ruyan are doing the last marking work, the workload is not as big as the previous two times, but the imperial examination is related to the selection of talents in a country, and it must not be sloppy. In the process of marking the first two papers, Xiao Feiqing and Yu Ruyan also had to take on the job of inspection.

After seven days of initial marking, 800 test papers were selected from thousands of test papers for second review, and finally 500 test papers were selected and handed over to the personnel of various departments for the third review.

After nearly 20 days of marking work, there were nearly 300 test papers for Xiao Feiqing and Yu Ruyan to finalize. The two worked together, Yu Ruyan was responsible for reviewing the rolls with triangle symbols, and Xiao Feiqing was responsible for reviewing the rolls that were all circles. After the initial review, the selected papers will be reviewed again.